Resources — Donald M. Rattner, Architect

Books

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David Burkus The Myths of Creativity

Wired to Create by Scott Barry Kaufman

Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Make Space by Scott Doorley

The Best Place to Work by Ron Friedman

Spaces for Innovation by Kursty Groves Knight

Place Advantage by Sally Augustin

Thinkertoys by Michael Michalko

Out of Our Minds by Ken Robinson

The Creativity Catalog by Donald M. Rattner

The Doodle Revolution by Sunni Brown

Cracking Creativity by Michael Michalko

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Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida

Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley

Group Genius by Keith Sawyer

InGenius by Tina Selig

Zig Zag by Keith Sawyer

A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger Von Oech

Origins of Genius by Dean Keith Simonton

The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Explaining Creativity by Keith Sawyer

Creativity by Mark I. Runco

Lateral Thinking by Edward de Bono

Biophilia by Edward O. Wilson

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Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson

Environmental Psychology

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Podcasts

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Sites and Events

Blogs (besides mine) Writings and Portals

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Educational Programs

Undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate courses of study in creativity and innovation

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People Talking

Seelig: 6 Characteristics of Creatives

Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity and Flow

Kelley: Build Creative Confidence

Amabile: Creativity and Motivation

Alter: The Multitudes in All of Us

Build Your Creativity:
Lying Down on the Job

Author Marcel Proust was famous for writing in bed.

So was Truman Capote, Edith Wharton, Edith Sitwell, William Wordsworth and Mark Twain.

Thanks to experimentation now we know why: we're prone to be more creative lying down than sitting upright.

Explore this site for more creativity-building tips.